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    Posted 10 years ago

    dj-reverb
    (243 items)

    Circa 1967 - 1974. Going on 40 years old. If one collects Scandinavian Art pottery , Iceland should have have its' representative example. This is a piece from Icelands National pottery maker, somewhat like Blue Mountain Pottery is to Ontario, Canada. Made from Volcanic crushed pumice clay , glazed and adorned with larger volcanic fragments.

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    1. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Be careful with it!

      The lava pieces scratch glass very easily!

      Glit is a ceramic studio founded by Ragnar Kjartansson (1923-1988).
      Ragnar studied under Guthmundur fra Mithdal (1895-1963) an Icelandic artist and Asmundi Sveinssyni, a sculptor. Later Ragnar opened his first ceramic studio, Funi Keramik, in 1947.

      The pottery first housed in the old downtown at 13 Odinsgata street, Reykjavík, Iceland. The first equipment and the ovens were built by Ragnar Kjartansson, who was the driving force behind the product development and design of the company. He was a member of the Icelandic Sculptors Society which he established in the Icelandic capital in 1972 along with Hallsteinn Siguryhsson, Jon Gunnar Arnason, Porbjörg Palsdottir and others.
    2. dj-reverb dj-reverb, 10 years ago
      Great info vet!! Thanks! I'll keep this away from my glass pieces :)
    3. antiquerose antiquerose, 10 years ago
      Love it! Thanks Vet for the info posted here

      Looks like a relative to mine:

      http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/139977-glit-iceland-ceramic-vase--lava

      YEAH.......*Scratchy* little things aren't they......LOL
    4. dj-reverb dj-reverb, 10 years ago
      Thanks a.rose! That's awesome you have one too!

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